Gainus Silvanus

Gainus Silvanus (399-431) was a general of the Western Roman Empire.

Biography
Gainus Silvanus was the middle brother of the House of Silvanii, between the older Orestes Silvanus (Augustus of the Western Roman Empire) and the younger Caesar Glycerius Silvanus. Gainus was an outstanding speaker and engineer, and was Christian like his brothers. He assisted in their usurpation of the Western Roman Empire, and commanded an army in Sicily.

After his two brothers killed in winter of 430, he retreated to western Sicily with his Western Roman Rebels army. He was pursued by the Eastern Roman Empire's army on the island, and when he was brought to battle, he was killed.